Married At First Sight's Nick Furphy says ex Sharon Marsh was 'controlling'

Despite an initially sweet romance and a seemingly amicable split, Married At First Sight's Nick Furphy has described his ex as being "controlling" and "cruel".

Despite an initially sweet romance and a seemingly amicable split, Married At First Sight's Nick Furphy has described his ex Sharon Marsh as being "controlling" and "cruel".

"We fought a lot over her insecurities, but I was prepared to put up with her violent mood swings because I loved her," the 30-year-old told Woman's Day in a new interview. "One time she made me delete all of my female friends on Instagram because in her view, I had too many!"

He said Shaz, 32, was jealous of his best friend, model Cassie Wainwright, and even Sharon's own twin sister Michelle Marsh, a development that occurred after he tried to add her on Snapchat.

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And he found her mood swings difficult to navigate.

"Touchy subjects were taboo," he said. "She would either slam the door and run or go quiet."

After the reality show wrapped up, the couple decided to live together in Nick's house in Melbourne.

"I was in love with Sharon within a day of meeting her," he recalled. "It made my world when she came over to live with me."

However, the fairytale soon ended for the TV husband and wife.

"It was the beginning of the end," he said. "There was no affection and I didn't know what to do."

Three weeks later, Sharon decided she wasn't in love with Nick and decided to move home to Perth.

Nick, who was "absolutely gutted," agreed to Sharon's request that they release the news of their breakup in a magazine story.

But despite Sharon telling the mag that "Nick will be in my life forever," she soon made sure that was not the case.

"Within a week of the story coming out, she'd unfriended, unfollowed and blocked me from all her social media accounts," he revealed, calling the situation "cruel and heartless".

The one major reminder of their relationship is the tattoo on his foot which he is in the process of changing from "I love Shaz" to "I love Shiraz."

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